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hampshire, speak of new hampshire. here's a reality check for the romney campaign. in all nine of the battleground state polls that nbc news, "the wall street journal," and marist have released, president obama is ahead. and we just showed you the fact was apparently not lost on paul ryan making that special visit to new hampshire today. dante scala is a professor of political science at the university of new hampshire, and "the washington post" deputy political editor, anne kornblut stuck around too. dante, you're on the ground there in the granite state. you're very familiar with that electorate. latest nbc news/marist poll, likely voters, president obama 51%, mitt romney 44%. what's the likelihood that the governor is able to close that gap between now and the first tuesday in november? >> i think it's going to take, craig, a national rebound for mitt romney to make it competitive here in new hampshire. there's no evidence that despite the fact that governor romney has campaigned in new hampshire off and on, really
hampshire, speak of new hampshire. here's a reality check for the romney campaign. in all nine of the battleground state polls that nbc news, "the wall street journal," and marist have released, president obama is ahead. and we just showed you the fact was apparently not lost on paul ryan making that special visit to new hampshire today. dante scala is a professor of political science at the university of new hampshire, and "the washington post" deputy political editor, anne...
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new hampshire, leads by seven points. romney launched his presidential campaign there and has a summer home there. we will see. we have three more polls, state polls and big three next week before the debate, a national poll coming out, but you see the environment. one other interesting note on polling, if you average the nine states together in the various leads, almost looks identical to the national polls. five and a half point lead for the president, 49, 44 with rounding, which of course is where all the national polls sit around five points for the president. romney starts his morning in a state that hasn't been able to put into play, pennsylvania. he will speak to veterans at valley forge military academy in a philadelphia suburb. only public event of the day. he will be fund-raising in philadelphia, probably the motivation why he is in philly. slew of national polls show how damaging romney's remark on the 47% has been to his campaign. the most recent national polls trails the president by 5 to 8 points. instead of
new hampshire, leads by seven points. romney launched his presidential campaign there and has a summer home there. we will see. we have three more polls, state polls and big three next week before the debate, a national poll coming out, but you see the environment. one other interesting note on polling, if you average the nine states together in the various leads, almost looks identical to the national polls. five and a half point lead for the president, 49, 44 with rounding, which of course is...
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they are off to new hampshire and iowa. that's today. we give you a look at the home stretch strategy important the president and vice president. most emotional moment at the convention, hands down, did you see it, former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. talk to us. tell us what your favorite moment was from the dnc. always get to tweet me @thom @thomasaroberts. >> he loves his cars so much they have their own elevatoelev. but the people who design and build and sell those cars well in romney's world the cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. because when mitt romney did say let detroit go -- make just one t you - you sing to♪ ♪one smile that cheers you ♪one face that lights when it nears you.♪ ♪and you will be happy too. we create easy to use, powerful trading tools for all. look at these streaming charts! they're totally customizable and they let you visualize what might happen next. that's genius! strategies, chains, positions. we put 'em all on one screen! could we make placing a trade any easier? mmmm...coul
they are off to new hampshire and iowa. that's today. we give you a look at the home stretch strategy important the president and vice president. most emotional moment at the convention, hands down, did you see it, former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. talk to us. tell us what your favorite moment was from the dnc. always get to tweet me @thom @thomasaroberts. >> he loves his cars so much they have their own elevatoelev. but the people who design and build and sell those cars well in...
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. >> paul ryan is in new hampshire today. the republican vice presidential nominee will hold a rally in the city of derry in just a few hours. meanwhile, vice president biden is in the battleground state of florida. he's going to attend a campaign event in fort myers this morning. on friday he met with seniors at a retirement village in boca raton. >> governor romney's plan goes into effect it can mean that everyone, every one of you, would be paying more on -- taxes on your social security. >> michelle obama is encouraging young voters to get to the polls. like right now. the first lady spoke to college students in iowa friday, urging them to go into nearby early voting booths to cast their ballots. >> you got a whole month to make it happen. a whole month to vote! as i tell my children, don't procrastinate. no procrastination. make it happen. do it today. >> joining me now, political reporter for "the washington post" felicia somnez and white house correspondent for the hill, amy barnes. good morning. >> good morning. >> so
. >> paul ryan is in new hampshire today. the republican vice presidential nominee will hold a rally in the city of derry in just a few hours. meanwhile, vice president biden is in the battleground state of florida. he's going to attend a campaign event in fort myers this morning. on friday he met with seniors at a retirement village in boca raton. >> governor romney's plan goes into effect it can mean that everyone, every one of you, would be paying more on -- taxes on your social...
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hampshire, he's down in new hampshire. i mean, he's down in states where six months ago, you guys thought these would certainly be states that were in the red column. >> well, i mean, here's what i would say to you, is we still have a race to run here. as you're saying, we have debates to go through, and many of these -- look, the indicator i would look at is the president's job approval rating. a couple of days ago, he reached that magic 50% in his job approval rating for only the second time really in the past six months. today i looked at his gallup job approval ratings, they're already back down to 48. this president has trouble sustaining a job approval rating above 50%. as long as he's below 50%, he's in jeopardy. so i'm saying, it's in his hands. he could be in a stronger position, but for whatever reason, people who voted for him last time, there's enough people who voted for him last time who are still waiting for him to close the deal with them and he hasn't done it. >> i want to play something ann romney said th
hampshire, he's down in new hampshire. i mean, he's down in states where six months ago, you guys thought these would certainly be states that were in the red column. >> well, i mean, here's what i would say to you, is we still have a race to run here. as you're saying, we have debates to go through, and many of these -- look, the indicator i would look at is the president's job approval rating. a couple of days ago, he reached that magic 50% in his job approval rating for only the second...
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>> the fact that he's in new hampshire and iowa and romney's in new hampshire and iowa actually testifies to the electoral advantage the president has right now. if you look at the electoral college, he's well in the lead in terms of where this would come out in november. iowa and new hampshire are two states that kind of hang in the balance. if mitt romney can't carry ohio, he's going to have a very hard time getting elected president. if barack obama carries iowa and new hampshire, it's almost impossible for him not to get re-elected. >> he has a much easier way to go to the electoral victory. thank you, bob. great to see you. >> great to see you. >>> those disappointing job numbers are only adding 96,000 jobs last month, well below expectations, but for the african-american community, at 14%, that unemployment rate is double the rate for whites. congresswoman barbara lee of california joins me from charlotte. thanks very much for joining us the day after the big night, the big convention. congresswoman, this is not the jobs news that any democrat wanted to see. >> well, let me say firs
>> the fact that he's in new hampshire and iowa and romney's in new hampshire and iowa actually testifies to the electoral advantage the president has right now. if you look at the electoral college, he's well in the lead in terms of where this would come out in november. iowa and new hampshire are two states that kind of hang in the balance. if mitt romney can't carry ohio, he's going to have a very hard time getting elected president. if barack obama carries iowa and new hampshire, it's...
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late next week early voting begins in wisconsin, michigan, new hampshire and virginia. ballot boxes open in iowa the week after and ohio on october 2nd. these votes could prove critical. in 2008, 30% of all votes were cast early, which is up from 20% in 2004. in colorado nearly four out of every five votes were cast early. with the clock ticking the romney campaign must focus where it counts the most, a top romney official tells politico, quote, our problems are virginia, ohio, nevada, new hampshire, and our opportunities are michigan, wisconsin, colorado. we can't trade our problems for our opportunities and win the presidency. if we trade our problems for opportunities, we lose. joining us now from washington, is peter hart, a pollster for nbc news and "the wall street journal" who also runs hart research. peter, always great to see you. >> thanks, alex. >> so let's really talk about the campaign math here. first of all i don't think most folks are aware of how critical key voting is and the fact that the game is afoot right now? >> it certainly is. but what fascinate
late next week early voting begins in wisconsin, michigan, new hampshire and virginia. ballot boxes open in iowa the week after and ohio on october 2nd. these votes could prove critical. in 2008, 30% of all votes were cast early, which is up from 20% in 2004. in colorado nearly four out of every five votes were cast early. with the clock ticking the romney campaign must focus where it counts the most, a top romney official tells politico, quote, our problems are virginia, ohio, nevada, new...
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, nevada and new hampshire. new hampshire, of course, romney's home away from home where he has a vacation spot. governor romney's favorables continue to be underwater in all but north carolina now. combine these numbers with what we've seen all week, how worried are republicans? how worried are they that we're approaching the point where it might be time to focus on the congressional races? >> i think people are getting very worried, and i had a pollster doing conservative polling for three decades on my show last night. he said it may be time to go back to a 1996 model of telling the american people, listen, if you're going to re-elect bill clinton, you better have republicans in the congress to make sure to keep him in check. i think it may be a little early for that yet. i think the president still has weaknesses because of the economies, and i think because of that mitt romney's gin more chances than he otherwise would to make his case to the american people. i think this very first debate next week may be
, nevada and new hampshire. new hampshire, of course, romney's home away from home where he has a vacation spot. governor romney's favorables continue to be underwater in all but north carolina now. combine these numbers with what we've seen all week, how worried are republicans? how worried are they that we're approaching the point where it might be time to focus on the congressional races? >> i think people are getting very worried, and i had a pollster doing conservative polling for...
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from iowa to new hampshire. you see the board there. the president ends the day, though, in florida. kristen welker is traveling with the president. peter alexander is following mitt romney. we begin with kristen in iowa city. we were listening to the president's remarks and he did not off the top address the jobs report. >> reporter: that's right, he didn't, tamron. this is obviously not welcome news to the president, to the white house, or to the obama campaign, but he did address it essentially trying to down-play it focusing on the fact that the economy did add some jobs as you heard there in that sound bite you played. behind the scenes they're trying to down-play this really disappointing jobs report. one senior administration official saying it's just more proof that the economy is improving but that it's not improving quickly enough. the president today, tamron, really trying to hold onto any momentum he may have gotten after last night's acceptance speech. of course crisscrossing these battleground stat
from iowa to new hampshire. you see the board there. the president ends the day, though, in florida. kristen welker is traveling with the president. peter alexander is following mitt romney. we begin with kristen in iowa city. we were listening to the president's remarks and he did not off the top address the jobs report. >> reporter: that's right, he didn't, tamron. this is obviously not welcome news to the president, to the white house, or to the obama campaign, but he did address it...
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, aew n news/"wall street journal" poll shows president obama leading mitt romy in new hampshire. they're neck and neck in nevada and north carolina. tracie potts joins us in washington with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: as we've seen in est oba seems to have a healthy lead in states like ohio and even florida. but in others, it's much closer. >> just getting elected will help. >> reporter: mitt romney's message to donors last night as polls show a tight race in neva and north carolina ro'sywo points behind president obama there. but seven points behind in new hampshire. >> now your job is in danger. >> reporter: both sides came out swinging with newampaign ads thursday. >> if i could sit down with you in yr living room or around the kitchen table, here's what i'd say -- >>or wdn virginia beach was something new, something he calls economic patriotism. >> an economic patriotism rooted in the belief that growing our economy begins with a strong and thriving middle class. >> reporter: romney also in virgin told veterans the mbonr.'s debtore anus >> trillion dollar deficit
, aew n news/"wall street journal" poll shows president obama leading mitt romy in new hampshire. they're neck and neck in nevada and north carolina. tracie potts joins us in washington with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: as we've seen in est oba seems to have a healthy lead in states like ohio and even florida. but in others, it's much closer. >> just getting elected will help. >> reporter: mitt romney's message to donors last night as polls show a tight...
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new hampshire senator jeanne shaheen, she's a long time ally of the work on the campaign. >> new hampshire loves bill clinton. >> new hampshire and bill clinton were stadium number one in the primary. there's always been this bond. what do you think bill clinton can do for barack obama that would -- would be sitting there going, boy, if somehow clinton wasn't speaking you would think, something's missing, what would be missinging? >> i think he will continue to make the contrast case teen the difference barack obama will make for the future of this country and what we would see from mitt romney and paul ryan and i think he will identify with middle america. that's what he does so well, he empathized with families who are struggling, with people who are trying to put their kids through college, people who are hoping to have a secure retirement, people who lost their jobs and may be trying to find another job, and he can make the case for them about why barack obama is going to be so much better to continue to deal with our concerns. >> interestingly enough. mitt romney mentions bill clinton
new hampshire senator jeanne shaheen, she's a long time ally of the work on the campaign. >> new hampshire loves bill clinton. >> new hampshire and bill clinton were stadium number one in the primary. there's always been this bond. what do you think bill clinton can do for barack obama that would -- would be sitting there going, boy, if somehow clinton wasn't speaking you would think, something's missing, what would be missinging? >> i think he will continue to make the...
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he also has a two-point advantage in nevada, well within the margin of error and in new hampshire where mitt romney owns a home, obama leads 51% to 44%. in all, three states registered voters said the direction of the country had indeed improved but the most significant was in new hampshire. back in june there was a 20-point gap between so-called wrong track and right track respondents. this gap is just seven points. yesterday, iowa became the first battleground state to begin early in person voting. ohio will do the same on tuesday. for the second time in two days, president obama and mitt romney spent the day campaigning in the same state. yesterday the candidates descended on virginia, a state that could be a new political bellwether. a poll out last night shows the two candidates neck and neck in the old dominion. they released ads this week that could be their campaigns closing arguments with each ad showing the candidate speaking directly into the camera and directly to the american people. but yesterday the obama campaign followed that up with a tough commercial using his opponen
he also has a two-point advantage in nevada, well within the margin of error and in new hampshire where mitt romney owns a home, obama leads 51% to 44%. in all, three states registered voters said the direction of the country had indeed improved but the most significant was in new hampshire. back in june there was a 20-point gap between so-called wrong track and right track respondents. this gap is just seven points. yesterday, iowa became the first battleground state to begin early in person...
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today, it's back on the campaign trail to new hampshire. new hampshire's one of the eight battleground states where mitt romney's rolling out 15 new ads today. the conventions are now over, and as he says in that ad, the race is on. lynn? >> all right, tracie, thanks. last night on msnbc's special convention coverage, republican strategist steve schmidt told rachel maddow and the coverage team he thought president obama did very well in his speech but we'll have to wait and see about its effectiveness. >> i think their convention was a home run. now we have to wait for the verdict. did this convention move the numbers? did it change the dynamic in the race? did it close the economic numbers where he's been lagging behind mitt romney? did it give a booster shot, as chris has talked about, of optimism to a pessimistic electorate that thinks the country's on the wrong track? the president tonight attacked from positions which heretoforehave been weaknesses. he went right after the republican ticket. it was an effective speech, as almost all of
today, it's back on the campaign trail to new hampshire. new hampshire's one of the eight battleground states where mitt romney's rolling out 15 new ads today. the conventions are now over, and as he says in that ad, the race is on. lynn? >> all right, tracie, thanks. last night on msnbc's special convention coverage, republican strategist steve schmidt told rachel maddow and the coverage team he thought president obama did very well in his speech but we'll have to wait and see about its...
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president obama leads romney in swing state polls of nbc news polls show him up seven points in new hampshire, even though mr. romney has a home in new hampshire. he's up two points in nevada and north carolina. this comes up on top of other polls, like he's up ten points in ohio. foints. no republican has won without idaho. ohio. these are very solid numbers even though no matter how you try and do the margin of error, he is up. >> the president is up in basically every swing state that you can look out, including ones like north carolina where he won very narrowly. if you look at ohio and pennsylvania, the lead is particularly dramatic and that is driven by the fact that mitt romney is such a poor candidate because he sent job overseas, he worked at bain capital directly impacted people there. and also another thing i wop point to in ohio in particular, he was forced to come out and support the anti-union sb-5 ballot initiative during the primary campaign and that left a negative taste in voters' mouths in ohio as well. >> and sp-5 was defeated? >> that's right. soundly. >> dana, the fact t
president obama leads romney in swing state polls of nbc news polls show him up seven points in new hampshire, even though mr. romney has a home in new hampshire. he's up two points in nevada and north carolina. this comes up on top of other polls, like he's up ten points in ohio. foints. no republican has won without idaho. ohio. these are very solid numbers even though no matter how you try and do the margin of error, he is up. >> the president is up in basically every swing state that...
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you see, 23 points in new hampshire. why social issues, you'll hear a lot about them up there. 21 points in wisconsin. 21 points in nevada, and 15 points in colorado. now, let me show you the states of our battleground where he underperformed the ten points. the 13 points. iowa, and north carolina, still double digit advantages on the gender gap. look at the places that were just single digits. florida, virginia and ohio. and i can tell you this -- specifically virginia. it's a huge focus when it um cans to how they're doing, their ad campaigns. let me show you on the road to 270. dot nush do the numbers on the overperforming states. it keeps them four short. you can see why the path, the gender gap advantage. if this is xplexploitable for t campaign. talking about virginia, i can tell you the importance of virginia, spending a lot of money on planned parenthood. elections in the past in the virginia decided on gender issues before. ask governor doug wilder. perhaps nobody benefited more than in a battle over the abortio
you see, 23 points in new hampshire. why social issues, you'll hear a lot about them up there. 21 points in wisconsin. 21 points in nevada, and 15 points in colorado. now, let me show you the states of our battleground where he underperformed the ten points. the 13 points. iowa, and north carolina, still double digit advantages on the gender gap. look at the places that were just single digits. florida, virginia and ohio. and i can tell you this -- specifically virginia. it's a huge focus when...
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he's also launching an ad blitz in iowa and new hampshire. he's using a clip from his convention speech and making a promise about how many jobs he'll bring. you're not seeing a lot of mitt romney the candidate, mitt romney the man, you're also seeing mitt romney ads all the time. so are you north carolina and nev nev and florida, and ohio, and virginia. the eight states that are being targeted in the ad campaign, an ad campaign so big the campaign describes it as a carpet bombing. and this list of states, the states you see marked on the map right here, that is pretty much where the election is going to be fought from here on out. this map, you will notice, doesn't include all of the places we have been thinking about and talking about as swing states. they're not placing ads in michigan, wisconsin, or pennsylvania. they have pulled their ads from michigan. romney is trailing in michigan by as much as seven points there. the pro romney pac money has dropped out of pennsylvania where romney is also behind in the polls. the romney campaign and
he's also launching an ad blitz in iowa and new hampshire. he's using a clip from his convention speech and making a promise about how many jobs he'll bring. you're not seeing a lot of mitt romney the candidate, mitt romney the man, you're also seeing mitt romney ads all the time. so are you north carolina and nev nev and florida, and ohio, and virginia. the eight states that are being targeted in the ad campaign, an ad campaign so big the campaign describes it as a carpet bombing. and this...
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he is speaking at a town hall in dover, new hampshire. these pictures here of governor romney about to hop on to a plane. this is all going on right now. we'll continue to listen in. if there is anything of note, we'll have it for you. ezra klein wrote "republicans have become outraged over the predictable effect of tax cuts they passed and are using that outrage as the justification for an aagenda that further cuts taxes on the rich and pays for it by cutting social services for the nonrich." so, ezra's essentially saying here, when you look at that quote here, steve, that these remarks are actually core to his actual agenda. >> they are, and let's look at who this 47% are. there are two big groups in here. most of them are people who get up every day and go to work and are struggling. they're just not making enough to pay federal income tax, but they are working families. the second group are senior citizens. and if you ask your average senior citizen, am i a victim? is social security and medicare something that i'm getting from the go
he is speaking at a town hall in dover, new hampshire. these pictures here of governor romney about to hop on to a plane. this is all going on right now. we'll continue to listen in. if there is anything of note, we'll have it for you. ezra klein wrote "republicans have become outraged over the predictable effect of tax cuts they passed and are using that outrage as the justification for an aagenda that further cuts taxes on the rich and pays for it by cutting social services for the...
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, connecticut and pushing into areas of new hampshire. so it's going to be a wet morning for the kids at the bus stop and everyone else heading to work this morning. philadelphia south wards to d.c. and even new york city, hit and miss showers and storms this morning and another round of showers late today. definitely an umbrella day. we won't see a lot of sunshine. we are going to see beautiful weather for the ryder cup in areas of illinois today. should be gorgeous around chicago up in through michigan. texas very wet this weekend. one area we do need the rain we are going to get it, does look like it could wash out some weekend plans though san antonio to houston especially saturday and then toward new orleans as we go through sunday. as far as new england goes the rain this morning will be gone for most of us as we go through the weekend with just hit and miss showers. definitely the worst of it this morning. airport delays possible new york city through logan airport. new york city wet in times square this morning. you're watching "m
, connecticut and pushing into areas of new hampshire. so it's going to be a wet morning for the kids at the bus stop and everyone else heading to work this morning. philadelphia south wards to d.c. and even new york city, hit and miss showers and storms this morning and another round of showers late today. definitely an umbrella day. we won't see a lot of sunshine. we are going to see beautiful weather for the ryder cup in areas of illinois today. should be gorgeous around chicago up in...
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>> five days after iowa, obama lost narrowly the clinton in new hampshire. it was going to be a long, brutal contest for the nomination. >> i am still fired up and ready to go. >> obama's appeal to voters was undeniable, as he campaigned around the country. he was often joined by his debonair family. >> hi! >> sasha, do you want to say hi? >> hi! >> so what do we want to ask everybody to do on tuesday? >> vote for daddy! >> the american culture is really a culture that is obsessed with possibility. tomorrow we'll be better, tomorrow we'll be richer, tomorrow we'll be bigger, tomorrow we'll solve our problems. and barack obama really seized hold of that fundamental motif in american culture. >> when we cast aside the doubts and the fears, when we don't accept what the cynics tell us we have to accept, but instead we reach for what is possible. >> one thing that republicans, i think, miss about barack obama is the fact that he inspired like no other political figure of this generation. and i've always thought that to a large degree, it was bobby kennedy's unfi
>> five days after iowa, obama lost narrowly the clinton in new hampshire. it was going to be a long, brutal contest for the nomination. >> i am still fired up and ready to go. >> obama's appeal to voters was undeniable, as he campaigned around the country. he was often joined by his debonair family. >> hi! >> sasha, do you want to say hi? >> hi! >> so what do we want to ask everybody to do on tuesday? >> vote for daddy! >> the american...
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mitt romney's schedule, they're both going to iowa and new hampshire today. but they're going to crisscross and their planes may pass in the day. maybe they somewhere over south bend, indiana. you're watching our last special edition from charlotte. we'll be right back. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. [ male announcer ] fedex office. there are projects. and there are game-changers. those ideas that start with us rolling up our sleeves... ...and end with a new favorite room in the house. and when we can save even more on those kinds of projects... ...with advice to make them eve
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now at the same time paul ryan is campaigning himself in new hampshire today. the republican vice-presidential nominee met with voters in the city of derry just a short time ago. >> all these promises were made in the idea of hope and change. and people -- it sounded pretty good. but when the rhetoric went aside and the time to act occurred, the ideas are the old ideas that have failed time and again. >> as for mitt romney, he spent some time in pennsylvania on friday. and despite trailing the president as much as ten points in some polls, governor romney made this bold prediction. >> it is an honor to be here with you and to be here with these cadets and to be at this extraordinary place that so many presidents past have visited. and well, a president future is visiting today. >> and when i become president of the united states. >> i'm going to win pennsylvania and i'm going to become the next president of the united states. >> we'll be talking with our political journalists about all that in just a moment. today there's reaction and a rare reversal from u.s.
now at the same time paul ryan is campaigning himself in new hampshire today. the republican vice-presidential nominee met with voters in the city of derry just a short time ago. >> all these promises were made in the idea of hope and change. and people -- it sounded pretty good. but when the rhetoric went aside and the time to act occurred, the ideas are the old ideas that have failed time and again. >> as for mitt romney, he spent some time in pennsylvania on friday. and despite...
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look, yesterday the president was in ohio and new hampshire. where was mitt romney? ohio and new hampshire. i kicked off his bus tour in florida, mitt romney in virginia. he'll be a nascar race in richmond, then virginia beach. but we're talking about a relatively small sliver of the population. if you add up all those undecided votes in eight states, most people estimate it will be about a million voters they are trying to sway and they'll all be in those markets. the ad wars now continuing, really ramping up the obama campaign announcing a 15 separate ads running in 8 separate states, a multimillion-dollar buy. new announce thes from the super pacs from the campaigns themselves. a lot of markets like columbus, ohio, i don't know if you remember the movie clock watch orange, they're going to be so sick of looking at these ads they'll be reaching the saturation point, but the campaign both sides stepping on the gas, the president hitting the themes he hit in the convention, trying to amplify that bounce he may get in the public opinions polls. >> our movie efish it n
look, yesterday the president was in ohio and new hampshire. where was mitt romney? ohio and new hampshire. i kicked off his bus tour in florida, mitt romney in virginia. he'll be a nascar race in richmond, then virginia beach. but we're talking about a relatively small sliver of the population. if you add up all those undecided votes in eight states, most people estimate it will be about a million voters they are trying to sway and they'll all be in those markets. the ad wars now continuing,...
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hampshire, north carolina, wisconsin, and virginia. while they say vginis lo, y asor fighters with the candidates going head-to-head in a midday moment of prebate sparring. >> his is the path he calls it forward. i call it forewarned. all right? it is the same policyings he incerhe lou years, and they have not worked. >> i travel around a lot in virginia and across this country. i don't meet a lot of victims. i see hard working virginians. i see single moms like my mom putting in overtime to raise their kids right, and i see a whole bu of van who are serving this country with bravery and distinction. >> for now, the president is dominating the old dominion which he turned blue in 2008. polls in the past two weeks showing the president leadi romney anywhere from five t bu the president is taking nothing for granted, out today with a devastating new ad, and all initt romney's own words. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> there are 47% othe people who will vote for the president no matter wh w dependent upon government, wh
hampshire, north carolina, wisconsin, and virginia. while they say vginis lo, y asor fighters with the candidates going head-to-head in a midday moment of prebate sparring. >> his is the path he calls it forward. i call it forewarned. all right? it is the same policyings he incerhe lou years, and they have not worked. >> i travel around a lot in virginia and across this country. i don't meet a lot of victims. i see hard working virginians. i see single moms like my mom putting in...
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. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire and after new hampshire. she really tore through those primaries on fire. and really made her case. i would never want her to go into it in 2016 with a sense of entitlement. the american people want to be asked for their vote. >> i agree with you. everything you said, with one thing. she voted for the war in iraq. maybe she did it for political reasons. your thoughts, congressman? she will be much better in a general election where there's a clear field without obama running against her. no heavy weights to challenge her. she has a better opportunity to come across as the true democratic champion. your thoughts? >> she emerges after this election win or lose by president obama, and he will win, as the front runner not only on the democratic side but even on the republican side. there's a real hunger in the country as we sit here this evening for someone who understands politics, who loves politics and knows how to deliver by using the levers in politics. she's proven that. she stood above politics by acceptin
. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire and after new hampshire. she really tore through those primaries on fire. and really made her case. i would never want her to go into it in 2016 with a sense of entitlement. the american people want to be asked for their vote. >> i agree with you. everything you said, with one thing. she voted for the war in iraq. maybe she did it for political reasons. your thoughts, congressman? she will be much...
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. >> reporter: and while mitt romney went to church in new hampshire. >> good morning. >> reporter: he sent running mate, paul ryan, on the campaign trail, to respond to the president's claims that the republicans are running on empty. >> he's running on fear and frustration. we're offering a vision. >> reporter: this week, we get the democrats' vision. >> we didn't like what we heard at the rnc. >> he's helped me. >> reporter: not everyone here is cheering in support. hundreds demonstrated in the big bank capital. they want tougher regulations on banks and the environment. later, the president will tour john the baptist parish. he'll tour storm damage. >>> mourners for the reverend sun myung moon in south korea. he was the self-proclaimed messiah of a religion that was regarded by some as a cult that used brainwashing. he is best-known for marrying thousands of his followers. >>> six days after isaac ravages the state, 200,000 people around louisiana are still without power. and hard-hit residents of plaquemines parish are cleaning up. >> reporter: the flooding is slowly receding acro
. >> reporter: and while mitt romney went to church in new hampshire. >> good morning. >> reporter: he sent running mate, paul ryan, on the campaign trail, to respond to the president's claims that the republicans are running on empty. >> he's running on fear and frustration. we're offering a vision. >> reporter: this week, we get the democrats' vision. >> we didn't like what we heard at the rnc. >> he's helped me. >> reporter: not everyone here...
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in new hampshire planned parenthood provides the only health care that thousands of women in new hampshire get. that's an economic issue and it's about whether women are going to have equal access not just to health care but whether we're going to have equal access to pay and the ability to make the same kind of decisions and have the same economic outcomes for those decisions. >> senator jean shaheen, i know you were up late last night. thank you so much for coming on with us this morning. >> great to be with you. >> today's tweet of the day comes from rashida jones. i wish i could just be cool on the outside and burn on the inside. #dnc #clintonsastud. i didn't see that #before. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. that's the value of performance. there are projects. and there are game-ch
in new hampshire planned parenthood provides the only health care that thousands of women in new hampshire get. that's an economic issue and it's about whether women are going to have equal access not just to health care but whether we're going to have equal access to pay and the ability to make the same kind of decisions and have the same economic outcomes for those decisions. >> senator jean shaheen, i know you were up late last night. thank you so much for coming on with us this...
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joining us now from manchester, new hampshire one of the gang's members, democratic senator j n jeanne shaheen. great to have you on the program. >> mice to be with you. i would say, alex, it's not a w gang ox,hiut do reflect a number of different groups that have been meeting and talking in the senate about the need to address sequestration, and i was part of the sixf us who signed that letter in talking about what we could do to try and reassure t pu, suhe markets, that we understand we've got to address this problem and we've got to do it in a way that provides certainty for businesses, for consumers, so that we have a long-term solution. >> senator, i want to get your thoughts, it is, i think, laudablehat this is a bipais,s ogs have been. four of the gang members, for lack of a better term, voted for the budget control act, which of course put the sequesters in place. what do you make of this movement now on -- by folks on the right, you saw mitt romney er a democratic issue? this is something that the president somehow did on his own or just put this on the plate of democrats in c
joining us now from manchester, new hampshire one of the gang's members, democratic senator j n jeanne shaheen. great to have you on the program. >> mice to be with you. i would say, alex, it's not a w gang ox,hiut do reflect a number of different groups that have been meeting and talking in the senate about the need to address sequestration, and i was part of the sixf us who signed that letter in talking about what we could do to try and reassure t pu, suhe markets, that we understand...
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he's going to go to iowa and then new hampshire, and then a bus tour through florida. martin, as you know, i've been with him this far. i'm going to be with him on this bus tour and when he stops in the battleground states. this is really the final sprint. we expect president obama to be on the road for the majority of the time heading into this final sprint to election day. there's really, at this point, no time for either candidate to rest because we're just a little bit more than two months away. >> and i understand there's going to be a broad spectrum of music coming up. we've got james convention, the foo fighters, and mary j. blige. which of those two do you particularly favor? >> reporter: i think it's a toss-up between mary j. blige and the foo fighters. my producer shauna thomas is a big foo fighters fan. that's her vote. >> that's great. i like them too. i saw them in new york, and i think they're fabulous. >> reporter: they are. >> nbc's kristen we will kerlke. thank you so much. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts wi
he's going to go to iowa and then new hampshire, and then a bus tour through florida. martin, as you know, i've been with him this far. i'm going to be with him on this bus tour and when he stops in the battleground states. this is really the final sprint. we expect president obama to be on the road for the majority of the time heading into this final sprint to election day. there's really, at this point, no time for either candidate to rest because we're just a little bit more than two months...
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. >>> up next, mitt romney has spent an awful lot of time at his home in new hampshire this summer. will it pay off for him on election day? we'll talk about that. we have new poll numbers that we want to share with you next. up. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. hor get the yard ready for cool energy bill weather?size? the answer? a lot less. the great american fix-up is going on now... ...with new projects every week and big savings every day. so you can do what needs to be done. today. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. prep your garden for fall. three bags of earthgro mulch is just $10. olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every p
. >>> up next, mitt romney has spent an awful lot of time at his home in new hampshire this summer. will it pay off for him on election day? we'll talk about that. we have new poll numbers that we want to share with you next. up. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything...
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ohio, new hampshire, wisconsin. some marginal, new hampshire, almost two to one there. everywhere else, marginal. romney outspending in iowa, nevada, carolina, two to one. we're noticing is the president pulling back -- not pulling out of north carolina but pulling back. i think we're seeing evidence there. virginia virtually tied but romney technically ahead. we thought, all right, let's use these and see if spending really was the deciding factor on the road to 270, what it would mean. just for this week alone, if we give the president the state where he's outspending romney, where would that stand? obviously once you put florida in and florida alone, that's big. but give them colorado, ohio, new hampshire and wisconsin and you see where that puts them at 307 where romney is outspending him, would get him up north carolina, virginia, iowa, nevada, only up to 231. that's what this florida move is so significant. right? if you take florida away from the president and give it to romney, the president would still be there. you see it brings other states in play. this flor
ohio, new hampshire, wisconsin. some marginal, new hampshire, almost two to one there. everywhere else, marginal. romney outspending in iowa, nevada, carolina, two to one. we're noticing is the president pulling back -- not pulling out of north carolina but pulling back. i think we're seeing evidence there. virginia virtually tied but romney technically ahead. we thought, all right, let's use these and see if spending really was the deciding factor on the road to 270, what it would mean. just...
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. >> throughout the fall obama worked small rooms across iowa and new hampshire, clearly connecting with the mostly white electorate. >> thank you. >> be bold, stay great. >> thank you. i will with your help. >> you were at some of the early speeches and rallies, do you remember the feeling you had in the room, hearing barack obama for the first time? >> it was really a physical lly tangible feeling in the room of excitement and hope and possibility for change and i think that was a sense that we're really here in the presence of somebody who's a new kind of leader. >> are you fired up, ready to go? fired up, ready to go. >> fired up, ready to go. so am i. >> on january 3rd, 2008, these fired up voters swept obama to victory in the iowa caucuses. >> they said this day would never come. >> he had beaten john edwards by eight points. senator clinton had come in third. >> we are using hope over fear. we're choosing unity over division and sending a powerful message that change is coming to america. >> but winning iowa didn't clear obama's path to the nomination. he struggled to reach workin
. >> throughout the fall obama worked small rooms across iowa and new hampshire, clearly connecting with the mostly white electorate. >> thank you. >> be bold, stay great. >> thank you. i will with your help. >> you were at some of the early speeches and rallies, do you remember the feeling you had in the room, hearing barack obama for the first time? >> it was really a physical lly tangible feeling in the room of excitement and hope and possibility for...
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but it is going to require me being elected and new hampshire is going to do it. >> it was a day that also saw the president in battleground new hampshire to kick off his post-convention push to election day. >> now that both sides have made their argument, there's a big choice to make. and i honestly believe this is the biggest choice -- the clearest choice of any time in our generation. >> on-board the romney campaign bus, i asked the governor where the race now stands. >> so the two conventions are now in the books. and we are really kicking off the final stretch, the fall campaign. how do you feel? you feel like you're winning? do you feel like you're losing? >> i think we're making real progress. i don't think i was as well known of course as the president and so we had a convention and i got better known. people got to see ann and hear our story and the result of that is i'm better known, for better or for worse. and that allows me to continue to hammer away on what i do to get america on the right track and i have really two months to be able to convince people i can do a bette
but it is going to require me being elected and new hampshire is going to do it. >> it was a day that also saw the president in battleground new hampshire to kick off his post-convention push to election day. >> now that both sides have made their argument, there's a big choice to make. and i honestly believe this is the biggest choice -- the clearest choice of any time in our generation. >> on-board the romney campaign bus, i asked the governor where the race now stands....
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i know you're a supporter of governor romney's campaigning forum in new hampshire. but here's a reality. he offered policy analysis on 47% of this country, including a lot of republican voters, people who receive entitlements through social security and medicare that they paid into. he's talking about this group of people, will not take personal responsibility. it betrayed a lack of understanding of how the government works, how america works. the american work ethic. do you think he needs to go beyond saying this was inelegant. so saying he was flat wrong? >> i have to say this, david, i absolutely disagree with your analysis of this. i campaigned with him, i knows he cares about every single american in this country and that he has a vision, unlike this president, where we are today. we're declining. we're need to come out of this to think about where we are with this president has more months of over 8% unemployment than the last 11 presidents combined. this, you think about governor romney. wants opportunity. wants upward mobility. wants people to have the good-
i know you're a supporter of governor romney's campaigning forum in new hampshire. but here's a reality. he offered policy analysis on 47% of this country, including a lot of republican voters, people who receive entitlements through social security and medicare that they paid into. he's talking about this group of people, will not take personal responsibility. it betrayed a lack of understanding of how the government works, how america works. the american work ethic. do you think he needs to...
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hampshire where we know he is so popular. >> one of eight or nine swing states. >> at a vfw event. >> under five. it's interesting, you look at these three and that's what's a little bit of concern to the romney campaign is that virginia, ohio, and florida, not looking as good today but there are still races under five points like colorado, new hampshire, wisconsin, nevada, iowa. >> yep. >> iowa less so. >> and show the tough root that mitt romney now has at this -- and this is a snap shot, of course, but your electoral -- >> do it this way, ohio is the one you have republicans biting their finger nails on. everybody concedes that the president is ahead. we can debate the margin but he has been consistently ahead. look at what that does. that gets him to 255. he's basically just needs, you know, if he gets at this point virginia, you throw that in there, he's leading and demographically seems to be leading then one state short. >> a small state, new hampshire. >> i've talked to democratic pollsters who say demographically impossible to win nevada, there is a ceiling there because of
hampshire where we know he is so popular. >> one of eight or nine swing states. >> at a vfw event. >> under five. it's interesting, you look at these three and that's what's a little bit of concern to the romney campaign is that virginia, ohio, and florida, not looking as good today but there are still races under five points like colorado, new hampshire, wisconsin, nevada, iowa. >> yep. >> iowa less so. >> and show the tough root that mitt romney now has at...
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the other home state that mitt romney will probably win is new hampshire. and wisconsin, by the way, turned out -- the gop just did a smackdown on the democrats in 2010, and the whole scott walker thing, it was just indicative of where that state is right now. >> do you agree with that, jamal? >> i don't, because i think the 2010 special election is very different than the 2012 presidential election. if you go back and look at presidential elections, republicans haven't won wisconsin i think since 1988. if they want to spend money in places like pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, let them have at it. when democrats spend money in missouri -- we always tried to win missouri, but never actually made it across the finish line. i think the same thing is true in these big industrial states like wisconsin and michigan. >> jamal sim mono, rick tyler. great to see both of you. thank you. >>> also making news this morning, nbc news has learned that the taliban has made plans to try to kidnap and kill england's prince harry, who's deployed in afghanistan rights now.
the other home state that mitt romney will probably win is new hampshire. and wisconsin, by the way, turned out -- the gop just did a smackdown on the democrats in 2010, and the whole scott walker thing, it was just indicative of where that state is right now. >> do you agree with that, jamal? >> i don't, because i think the 2010 special election is very different than the 2012 presidential election. if you go back and look at presidential elections, republicans haven't won...
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journal" mariss poll shows president obama with a seven-point lead in new hampshire, two-point leads in nevada and north carolina. virginia could be the bellwether. both the president and mitt romney campaigned there yesterday, and the latest poll shows the president with with a slight edge. let me bring in perry bacon and susan. good to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm sure you saw what charles cr krauthhammer wrote this morning. make the case and go large. it might just work and it's not too late. what do you think, susan? does mitt romney need to take risks and go big? >> one thing is for sure. the debate this week in denver on wednesday is a big deal for the romney campaign. he has to make his case, and he has to mak his case he's a better candidate than barack obama. he has to throw some punches. he can't just kind of go in there sort of apologetically and be very gentle with obama. he has to really throw some punches and show people why he's the better candidate. i think a lot of these polls are a little bit overstated. i think the democrats have been over
journal" mariss poll shows president obama with a seven-point lead in new hampshire, two-point leads in nevada and north carolina. virginia could be the bellwether. both the president and mitt romney campaigned there yesterday, and the latest poll shows the president with with a slight edge. let me bring in perry bacon and susan. good to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm sure you saw what charles cr krauthhammer wrote this morning. make the case and go...
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. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire and after new hampshire. she really tore those primaries on fire and really made her case. so i would never want her to go into it in 2016 with a sense of entitlement. the american people want to be asked for their vote. they want to be courted. >> yeah. i agree with everything you said. i would put one premise to that. she voted for the got awful war in iraq. >> yes. >> your thoughts, congressman, i think she will do much better in a general election with a clear field without obama running against her. there are no heavyweights to challenge her. i think she has a better chance of coming across the true democratic champion. your thoughts? >> she emerges after this election, win or lose by president obama, and he will win as the front-runner not only on a democratic side but i would even argue on the republican side. i think there's a real hunger -- there's a real hunger in the country as we sit here this evening for someone who understands politics, who loves politics but more importantly knows how to delive
. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire and after new hampshire. she really tore those primaries on fire and really made her case. so i would never want her to go into it in 2016 with a sense of entitlement. the american people want to be asked for their vote. they want to be courted. >> yeah. i agree with everything you said. i would put one premise to that. she voted for the got awful war in iraq. >> yes. >> your thoughts,...
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. >> vice president biden has just concluded his second event in new hampshire this afternoon. he went after mitt romney's plan to cut the highest marginal tax rate from 35 to 25%. >> wealthy people and very wealthy people are just as patriotic as poor people. they're just as committed to america as poor people. but the one thing they don't need and they'll tell you they don't need is another tax cut. >>> and some good news for all the campaign workers out there. your work seems to be paying off. surprising new signs that voters from both parties are actually getting excited about the election. details on that story and a whole lot more coming up in this hour. >>> president obama arrived in milwaukee, wisconsin, an hour or so again. he will begin his trip in that battleground state with the fundraiser. later, mr. obama will address voters at a grassroots event exactly one month before early voting begins there. nbc's mike vacqera joins me. blasting the president say he has ignored the state for 222 days even as he has racked up the national debt. what is the thinking behind pre
. >> vice president biden has just concluded his second event in new hampshire this afternoon. he went after mitt romney's plan to cut the highest marginal tax rate from 35 to 25%. >> wealthy people and very wealthy people are just as patriotic as poor people. they're just as committed to america as poor people. but the one thing they don't need and they'll tell you they don't need is another tax cut. >>> and some good news for all the campaign workers out there. your work...
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in new hampshire. these voters voted for obama last time around and they're not sure, they're on the fence. they're waiting for the debates. they want a specific plan. >> the latest polling indicates that both candidates are struggling among independents. but obama has a six-point gap in favorable, unfavorable ratings, while romney has a 17-point gap. is that an ominous sign for governor romney? >> well, it's not good, that's for sure. romney can only win, obviously, if he persuades people who voted for obama last time around. and these swing voters, he has to swing them. and they have not made up their minds. the conventions were all about rallying the base. these voters felt left out at the conventions. both campaigns, their operatives have told reporters they're not that interested in talking about specifics. they don't think it matters. they don't think voters pay attention. but voters do pay attention. and what i heard over and over from swing voters is they want specifics. they want a plan, and d
in new hampshire. these voters voted for obama last time around and they're not sure, they're on the fence. they're waiting for the debates. they want a specific plan. >> the latest polling indicates that both candidates are struggling among independents. but obama has a six-point gap in favorable, unfavorable ratings, while romney has a 17-point gap. is that an ominous sign for governor romney? >> well, it's not good, that's for sure. romney can only win, obviously, if he persuades...
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. >> reporter: while mitt romney went to church in new hampshire. >> good morning. >> reporter: he sent paul ryan on the campaign trail to respond to the president's claim that republicans are running on empty. >> we're offering a vision. >> reporter: this week, we get the democrats' vision. supporters are eager for their turn. >> we didn't like all we heard during the rnc. but we're motivated now. >> he's done a lot for me. so, i can help him, too. >> reporter: but not everyone is cheering in support. hundreds demonstrated this weekend in the south's big bank capital. they want tougher regulations on bank and the environment. later today, the president will tour st. john the baptist parish. he'll visit storm damage there. >>> followers are mourning the death of sun myung moon. he made his worldwide religious and business phenomenon in the 1970s. he was the self-proclaimed messiah of a religion that was regarded by some as a cult. he is best known for mass weddings of thousands of his followers. >>> six days after isaac ravaged the state more than 200,000 people across louisiana are sti
. >> reporter: while mitt romney went to church in new hampshire. >> good morning. >> reporter: he sent paul ryan on the campaign trail to respond to the president's claim that republicans are running on empty. >> we're offering a vision. >> reporter: this week, we get the democrats' vision. supporters are eager for their turn. >> we didn't like all we heard during the rnc. but we're motivated now. >> he's done a lot for me. so, i can help him, too....
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. >>> yesterday mitt romney was at his vacation home in new hampshire. taking his boat for a labor day swim and his wife got in some jet skiing. is nicki minaj really a republican voting for mitt romney as she raps on the latist mix tape trap from lil wayne? new york "daily news" reports the lyrics complain about the economy, but many think she will actually cast a ballot for president obama in november. >>> and a larger-than-life sand sculpture of president obama is big hit with democratic convention delegates in charlotte. it took a team of five people three days to create the sculpture. now they're worried the rain is going to damage it. >>> that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> now here's an early look at wall street. the dow closed ahead of the holiday weekend friday at 1390 after rising 90 points. the s&p added seven, the nasdaq gained 18. overseas trading, the nikkei in tokyo lost eight and in hong kong, the hang seng dropped 129. on the heels of last friday's hints of more stimulus from fed chief, ben bernanke, today traders will be
. >>> yesterday mitt romney was at his vacation home in new hampshire. taking his boat for a labor day swim and his wife got in some jet skiing. is nicki minaj really a republican voting for mitt romney as she raps on the latist mix tape trap from lil wayne? new york "daily news" reports the lyrics complain about the economy, but many think she will actually cast a ballot for president obama in november. >>> and a larger-than-life sand sculpture of president obama is...
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here's president obama speaking about the jobs numbers in new hampshire. we'll listen to his reaction and then get back to you, steve. >> today, we learned that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when i took off, businesses once again added jobs for the 30th month in a row, a total of more than 4.6 million jobs. but that's not good enough. we know it's not good enough. we need to create more jobs faster. we need to fill the hole left by this recession faster. we need to come out of this crisis stronger than when we went in and there's a lot more that we can do. >> listening to you steve, i think you say the worst sin of the st. is not he doesn't have the economy coming back like gangbusters, but that he promised too much. the numbers he was using. i'll get it downo 6% in three years. i'll get it down to 8% in the first year. would any other president be able to do -- bill clinton doesn't think so. take this out of where it was on the edge of the precipice and bring it back from the precipice, prevent a second depression and get people back working ag
here's president obama speaking about the jobs numbers in new hampshire. we'll listen to his reaction and then get back to you, steve. >> today, we learned that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when i took off, businesses once again added jobs for the 30th month in a row, a total of more than 4.6 million jobs. but that's not good enough. we know it's not good enough. we need to create more jobs faster. we need to fill the hole left by this recession faster. we need to come out of...